Ion and water regulation during feeding in the female tick Ornithodorus moubata
Females of the soft tick Ornithodorus moubata were fed artificially on blood meals of varying ionic and osmotic compositions. Chloride and sodium were actively transported from gut to hemolymph. Potassium ions may have been actively transported from hemolymph to gut or passively distributed across...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/34086 |